Welcome to HVAC-Talk.com, a non-DIY site and the ultimate Source for HVAC Information & Knowledge Sharing for the industry professional! Here you can join over 150,000 HVAC Professionals & enthusiasts from around the world discussing all things related to HVAC/R. You are currently viewing as a NON-REGISTERED guest which gives you limited access to view discussions

To gain full access to our forums you must register; for a free account. As a registered Guest you will be able to:

Participate in over 40 different forums and search/browse from nearly 3 million posts.

we have lots of friends that work here in KC at hostess and wonderbread!
this is really sad!
None of our friends are union workers or BAKERS! OOH! BKERS! they will be hard to replace!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate bakers!

I WILL SELL WORK,GENERATE BUSINESS, GO GET NEW CUSTOMERS!
YOU SHUT THE HELL UP AND QUIT RUNNING YOUR MOUTH!

we have lots of friends that work here in KC at hostess and wonderbread!
this is really sad!
None of our friends are union workers or BAKERS! OOH! BKERS! they will be hard to replace!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate bakers!

Only about 30% of the workers who are now unemployed because of this are union members. It is always a shame when so many have to suffer because of the stupid actions of the relative few.

oh joy.....just read a mexican co. may come to the rescue and buy out the assets or some such.....seems hostess was also paying a really high price for sugar inna states & they have no such prob south of the border down Mexico way.....( hey someone oughtta write a song like that)..Jack

Only about 30% of the workers who are now unemployed because of this are union members. It is always a shame when so many have to suffer because of the stupid actions of the relative few.

Looks like we may have been misled about how many members of the Hostess workforce are union members. The article I based the 30% on only mentioned the Bakers union. It looks like more than one union is involved in Hostesses labor issues;

Hostess has about 18,500 employees; roughly 7,000 are represented by the Teamsters, and about 5,300 are represented by the BCTGM.

Im not saying the teamsters didnt support the strike. But apparently some of them did show up for work. So much for solidarity. And I really dont care what walmart does. As a corporation it can make decisions as it sees fit.

Im not saying the teamsters didnt support the strike. But apparently some of them did show up for work. So much for solidarity. And I really dont care what walmart does. As a corporation it can make decisions as it sees fit.

I'm thinking that union workers are not as loyal to unions as in the past. Why should they be?

It will be interesting to see if other private companies with organized labor will be doing similar things in the near future. Unfortunately, it will take an act of Congress...literally...to get organized labor out of government.